U.S. v. SMITH

Docket No. 98-1312.

198 F.3d 377 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Benny SMITH, also known as Bennie, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Levenson, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant.

Cari S. Robinson, Assistant United States Attorney, (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Dietrich L. Snell, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for Appellee.

Before: PARKER and POOLER, Circuit Judges, and WEXLER, District Judge.


Judge PARKER dissents in a separate opinion.

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Benny Smith appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Barbara S. Jones, Judge) convicting him after a seven-day jury trial of eleven counts of extortion, extortionate collection of money, and conspiracy to commit extortion in connection with his participation in a loansharking scheme that co-defendant Dennis DeBernardis led...

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